á¸õ ... §¾Ñ¸
¾¡Çõ ... ¾¢ŠÃò¡¢Ò¨¼

¾ÉÉ¡¾É ¾¡ÉÉ ¾ò¾É
     ¾ÉÉ¡¾É ¾¡ÉÉ ¾ò¾É
          ¾ÉÉ¡¾É ¾¡ÉÉ ¾ò¾É ...... ¾É¾¡É

......... À¡¼ø .........

¸ÕÅ¡¸¢¦Â ¾¡Ô¾ Ãò¾¢É¢
     ÖÕÅ¡¸¦Å ¸¡ø¨¸Ô Úô¦À¡Î
          ¸É¢Å¡öŢƢ ¿¡º¢Ô ¼ü¦ºÅ¢ ...... ¿¨ÃÁ¡¾÷

¨¸Â¢§ÄÅ¢Æ §Å¸¢Â ¨½òТ
     ¦ÄɧÅÁ¢¸ Á£ÐР¢üÈ¢Â
          ¸Õ¾¡öÓ¨Ä Â¡ÃÓ ¾ò¾¢É¢ ...... Ģɢ¾¡¸¢ò

¾Õ¾¡ÃÓ Á¡¸¢Â ÍüÈÓ
     ¿ÄÅ¡ú׿¢ Ä¡¾¦À¡ ÕðÀ¾¢
          º¾Á¡Á¢Ð ¾¡¦ÉÉ ×üÚ¨É ...... ¿¢¨É¡¾

ºÐáÔÉ ¾¡Ç¢¨½ ¨Âò¦¾¡Æ
     «È¢Â¡¾¿¢÷ ã¼¨É ¿¢üÒ¸ú
          ¾¨É§Â¡¾¢¦Áöï »¡ÉÓ ÈöÅ ...... ¦¾¡Õ¿¡§Ç

¦ºÕÅ¡¦Â¾¢ áÁÍ Ãò¾¢Ãû
     ¾¨Äã¨Ç¸ §Ç¡Î¿¢ ½ò¾¨º
          ¾¢Á¢÷¾¡ÐÇ â¾¸ ½ò¦¾¡Î ...... ÅÕ§Àö¸û

¾¢Ì¾¡×½ Å¡Ô¾¢ Ãò¾¢¨É
     ÀÄÅ¡ö¿¡¢ §Â¡ÎÌ Êò¾¢¼
          º¢Äܨ¸¸û ¾¡Ó¿ Êò¾¢¼ ...... «Î¾£Ã¡

«ÕÁ¡Á¨È §Â¡÷¸ûÐ ¾¢ò¾¢Î
     Ò¸÷šý Á¡Ð¾ ¨Éò¾¢¸ú
          «Ç¢§º÷ÌÆø §Á×Ì Èò¾¢¨Â ...... «¨½§Å¡§É

«Æ¸¡É¦À¡ý §Á¨¼Ô Â÷ò¾¢Î
     Ó¸¢ø¾¡Å¢Â §º¡¨ÄÅ¢ ÂôÒÚ
          «¨Ä¡Á¨Ä §ÁŢ Àò¾÷¸û ...... ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç.

......... ¦º¡ø Å¢Çì¸õ .........

¸ÕÅ¡¸¢¦Â ¾¡ö ¯¾Ãò¾¢É¢ø ... ¸ÕÅ¡ö «¨ÁóÐ ¾¡Â¢ý Å¢üȢɢø

¯ÕÅ¡¸¦Å ¸¡ø¨¸ ¯Úô¦À¡Î ... ¯ÕÅõ ¦ÀüÚ, ¸¡ø ¨¸ ±ýÈ ¯ÚôÒì¸Ù¼ý

¸É¢Å¡öŢƢ ¿¡º¢ ¯¼ü¦ºÅ¢ ... þɢ šö, ¸ñ¸û, ãìÌ, ¯¼ø, ¦ºÅ¢ ±ýÈ «í¸í¸Ù¼ý

¿¨ÃÁ¡¾÷ ¨¸Â¢§ÄÅ¢Æ ²¸¢ ... ÁÕòÐÅ¢ý ¨¸¸Ç¢§Ä Å¢ØõÀÊ¡¸ À¢ÈóÐ ÅóÐ,

«¨½òТ¦ÄɧŠÁ¢¸ Á£Ð ТüȢ ... ÀÎ쨸¢ø ÀÎòÐ즸¡û ±ýÚ Á¢¸×õ À¡Ã¡ðÊò àí¸î¦ºö¾,

¸ÕÐ ¬öÓ¨Ä Â¡ÃÓ¾ò¾¢É¢ø þÉ¢¾¡¸¢ ... «ì¸¨Ã§Â¡Î ¸ÅÉ¢ìÌõ ¾¡Â¢ý ӨĢø ¿¢¨Èó¾ «Ó¾õ §À¡ýÈ À¡¨Äô ÀÕ¸¢ þÉ¢ÂÉ¡¸ ÅÇ÷óÐ,

¾Õ¾¡ÃÓõ ¬¸¢Â ÍüÈÓ ... ¾É즸ýÚ Å¡öò¾ Á¨ÉÅ¢, ¯¼ý «¨Áó¾ ¯ÈÅ¢É÷¸û,

¿ÄÅ¡ú× ¿¢Ä¡¾¦À¡ÕûÀ¾¢ ... ¿øÄ Å¡ú×, ¿¢¨ÄòÐ ¿¢ü¸¡¾ ¦ºøÅõ, °÷,

º¾Á¡Á¢Ð ¾¡¦ÉÉ×üÚ ... þ¨Å¦ÂøÄ¡õ ¿¢¨ÄòÐ ¿¢üÌõ ±Éì ¸Õ¾¢,

¯¨É¿¢¨É¡¾ ºÐáö ... ¯ý¨É ¿¢¨ÉòÐô À¡÷측¾ º¡Á÷ò¾¢Âõ ¯¨¼ÂÅÉ¡ö,

¯É ¾¡Ç¢¨½¨Âò¦¾¡Æ «È¢Â¡¾¿¢÷ ã¼¨É ... ¯ýÉ¢Õ À¡¾í¸¨Çò ¦¾¡Æ «È¢Â¡¾ ÓØ ã¼É¡¸¢Â ±ý¨É,

¿¢üÒ¸ú¾¨É§Â¡¾¢ ¦Áöï »¡ÉÓÈî ¦ºöŦ¾¡Õ¿¡§Ç ... ¯ý Ò¸¨Æ µ¾¢ ¯ñ¨Á »¡Éò¨¾ «¨¼ÂöÔõ ¿¡û ´ýÚ ¯ñ¼¡Ì§Á¡?

¦ºÕÅ¡¦Â¾¢Ã¡õ «ÍÃò¾¢Ãû ... §À¡÷ì¸Çò¾¢ø ±¾¢÷òÐÅó¾ «ÍÃ÷ Üð¼í¸Ç¢ý

¾¨Äã¨Ç¸§Ç¡Î ¿¢½ò¾¨º ... ¾¨Ä, ã¨Ç, º¨¾, þ¨È þ¨Å¸¨Ç

¾¢Á¢÷¾¡ÐÇ â¾¸ ½ò¦¾¡Î ÅÕ§Àö¸û ... §¾¸ì ¦¸¡ØôÒõ ºòÐò ¾¡Ðì¸Ùõ ¯ûÇ â¾¸½í¸Ù¼ý ÅÕ¸¢ýÈ §Àö¸û

¾¢Ì¾¡×½Å¡ö ... ¾¢Ì¾¢Ì¦ÅýÚ ¯½Å¡¸ ¯ñ½,

¯¾¢Ãò¾¢¨É ÀÄÅ¡ö¿¡¢ §Â¡ÎÌ Êò¾¢¼ ... ¦ÀÕÌõ Ãò¾ò¨¾ ¦ÅÌÅ¡¸ Åó¾ ¿¡¢¸û ÌÊò¾¢¼,

º¢Äܨ¸¸û ¾¡Ó¿Êò¾¢¼ «Î¾£Ã¡ ... º¢Ä §¸¡ð¼¡ý¸û ¾¡Óõ «íÌ ¿¼ÉÁ¡¼, §À¡÷ ¦ºö¾ ¾£Ã§É,

«ÕÁ¡Á¨È§Â¡÷¸ûо¢ò¾¢Î ... «¡¢Â º¢Èó¾ §Å¾¦¿È¢Â¡Ç÷¸û о¢òÐô §À¡üÚ¸¢ýÈ,

Ò¸÷šý Á¡Ð¾¨É ... ¡¨É ÅÇ÷ò¾ Á¸û, «Æ¸¢Â §¾Å¡¨Éò §¾Å¢¨ÂÔõ,

¾¢¸ú «Ç¢§º÷ÌÆø §Á×ÌÈò¾¢¨Â «¨½§Å¡§É ... Å¢ÇíÌõ Åñθû (âÅ¢ÖûÇ §¾Û측¸) ¦Á¡öìÌõ Üó¾¨Ä ¯¨¼Â ÌÈò¾¢ ÅûÇ¢¨ÂÔõ ¾Ø׸¢ýÈŧÉ,

«Æ¸¡É¦À¡ý §Á¨¼ÔÂ÷ò¾¢Î ... «Æ¸¢Â ¦À¡ýÁÂÁ¡É Á¡¼í¸Ç¢ý ¯îº¢Â¢ø ¾íÌõ

Ó¸¢ø¾¡Å¢Â §º¡¨Ä ... §Á¸í¸¨Çò ¦¾¡Îõ ¯ÂÃÁ¡É §º¡¨Ä¸Ùõ,

Å¢ÂôÒÚ «¨Ä¡Á¨Ä §ÁŢ Àò¾÷¸û ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç. ... «üÒ¾Á¡É, ºÄÉÁüÈ ÀÆÓ¾¢÷§º¡¨Ä* ±ýÛõ Á¨Ä¢ø Å£üÈ¢ÕôÀŧÉ, «ýÀ÷¸û §À¡üÚ¸¢ýÈ ¦ÀÕÁ¡§Ç.

* ÀÆÓ¾¢÷§º¡¨Ä ÁШÃìÌ Å¼ì§¸ 12 ¨ÁÄ¢ø ¯ûÇ ¸ûÇƸ÷ §¸¡Â¢ø ±ýÈ ¾ÄÁ¡Ìõ.

Song 1314 - karuvAgiyethAi (pazhamudhirchOlai)

karuvAgiye thAy udharaththinil
     uruvAgave kAl kai urRuppodu
          kani vAy vizhi nAsi udaR sevi ...... naraimAdhar

kaiyilE vizha vEgi aNaiththuyil
     enavE miga meedhu thuyitriya
          karudhAy mulai Aramudhaththinil ...... inidhAgi

tharu dhAramum Agiya sutramu
     nala vAzhvu nilAdha porut padhi
          sathamAm idhuthAn ena utrunai ...... ninaiyAdha

chathurAy una thAL iNaiyaith thozha
     aRiyAdha nir mUdanai niR pugazh
          thanai Odhi meynyAnam uRach seyvadh ...... orunALE

seruvAy edhirAm asurath thiraL
     thalai mULaigaLodu niNath thasai
          thimir dhAthuLa bUtha gaNaththodu ...... varu pEygaL

thigudhA uNavAy udhiraththinai
     palavAy nari Odu kudiththida
          sila kUgaigaL thAmu nadiththida ...... adudheerA

aru mA maRaiyOrgaL thudhiththidu
     pugar vAraNa mAdhu thanaith thigazh
          aLisEr kuzhal mEvu kuRaththiyai ...... aNaivOnE

azhagAna pon mEdai uyarththidu
     mugil thAviya sOlai viyappuRu
          alaiyAmalai mEviya baththargaL ...... perumALE.

......... Meaning .........

karuvAgiye thAy udharaththinil: As a foetus, I grew up in the womb of my mother.

uruvAgave kAl kai urRuppodu: I took shape with the growth of the legs, arms and other limbs like

kani vAy vizhi nAsi udaR sevi: the sweet mouth, eyes, nose and ears.

naraimAdhar kaiyilE vizha vEgi: Ultimately, I landed in the hands of the midwife.

aNaiththuyil enavE miga meedhu thuyitriya: I was made to sleep in the bed with utmost care by

karudhAy mulai Aramudhaththinil inidhAgi: a very caring mother who breast-fed me with nectar-like milk, and I grew up as her darling.

tharu dhAramum Agiya sutramu: My own wife, the other relatives,

nala vAzhvu nilAdha porut padhi: my happy life, the insecure wealth and my hometown

sathamAm idhuthAn ena utrunai ninaiyAdha chathurAy: were all considered by me as everlasting, and my smartness lay in not thinking about You.

una thAL iNaiyaith thozha aRiyAdha nir mUdanai: I was an utter fool not knowing how to worship Your hallowed feet.

niR pugazh thanai Odhi meynyAnam uRach seyvadh orunALE: Will there be a day when You will make me realise the true wisdom of praising Your glory?

seruvAy edhirAm asurath thiraL thalai mULaigaLodu niNath thasai: The heads, brains, fat and flesh of the multitude of demons who confronted You in the battlefield

thimir dhAthuLa bUtha gaNaththodu varu pEygaL thigudhA uNavAy: were devoured in a hurry by the fiends who were accompanied by the flock of obese devils.

udhiraththinai palavAy nari Odu kudiththida: They were joined by the herds of foxes in drinking the gushing blood.

sila kUgaigaL thAmu nadiththida adudheerA: Some kOttAns (owl-like birds) danced with joy. That is the way You destroyed the demons, Oh valorous One!

aru mA maRaiyOrgaL thudhiththidu: She is worshipped by great scholars rare VEdAs (scriptures);

pugar vAraNa mAdhu thanai: She is DEvayAnai, the beautiful daughter of the Elephant;

thigazh aLisEr kuzhal mEvu kuRaththiyai aNaivOnE: She is VaLLi, the damsel of the KuRavAs, around whose hair beetles gather (to taste the honey in the flowers); and You hug them both!

azhagAna pon mEdai uyarththidu: The grand gold-laden terraces are so high that

mugil thAviya sOlai: clouds hover on them and on the tall groves;

viyappuRu alaiyAmalai mEviya: and the mountain is full of wonders at the unwavering mountain in PazhamuthirchOlai* which is Your abode!

baththargaL perumALE.: You are the Lord of Your devotees, Oh Great One!

* PazhamuthirchOlai is 12 miles north of Madhurai and is known as KaLLazhagar Kovil.